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Originally Posted by 1990C4S
My friend works in Emerg, there was an internal memo from the local ophthalmologist that basically said 'if people damage their eyes looking at the eclipse, do NOT send them to me, there is NOTHING we can do'.
Get some appropriate glasses if you want to watch.
It is theoretically perfectly safe to look with the naked eye during the full overlap. I won't be risking it.
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"Theoretically" isn't a correct term here.
If you are in the actual path of totality, it is 100% safe to look straight up DURING TOTALITY. Not before, not after, not right as the Sun starts to reappear. When the Sun is totally blocked it is...total blocked. So, you can look up. You NEED to look up, because you can see the Sun's atmosphere then, as well as 3 or 4 planets and possible a comet.